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Does Money Buy Happiness?
Rule number one in effective communication is to establish the relevancy of the topic to the audience. Why should they care? How does it affect their quality of life?Truthful accounting might do just ...
18 Jul, 2013
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Beyond the Headlines: The Week of July 16, 2013
Dear IVN Readers,It's a shame that our 24/7 mainstream media rarely finds the time for stories of substance. One station literally participates in a revolution on the other side of the globe, th ...
16 Jul, 2013
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On the History of Congressional Majorities and the Management of a Nation
One-hundred and twelve legislative bodies have come and gone. We are now in the midst of our 113th Congress. And since our inception, only 27 of these assemblies have consisted of a sixty percent majo ...
16 Jul, 2013
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Illinois Redistricting Reform Effort Launched for 2014
(Credit: election.sk.ca)In the Land of Lincoln, Democrats control the governor, lieutenant governor, and both chambers of the General Assembly.After the 2010 midterm elections, Democrats strengthened ...
15 Jul, 2013
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Can The Free Market Solve Campaign Finance Reform?
Maryna Pleshkun // Shutterstock.comThere has been a lot of discussion about campaign finance reform. Many advocates suggest publicly financed elections, where each candidate gets access to an equal a ...
12 Jul, 2013
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Nationwide Fair Redistricting Would End Gerrymandering
credit: Votecitizens.orgGerrymandering has become a prevalent hurdle to meaningful political participation across the country (with few exceptions, including California*). The duopoly at their finest ...
26 Jun, 2013
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4 min read
Home Price Recovery Linked to Taxpayer Burden
In 2012, states with higher taxpayer burdens had a lower recovery in home prices.The American dream is to own a home, and it’s every American’s dream that the price of his/her home rises continually. ...
26 Jun, 2013
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Reformers Split On How To Fix Congress
Credit: Shutterstock.comA divide is growing amongst campaign finance reforms on how to re-democratize the political process. On the one hand, reformers are pushing for a constitutional amendment to o ...
25 Jun, 2013
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Parties Congressional Fundraising To Set New Records
Credit: STILLFX / Shutterstock.comIn the month of May alone, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raked in a combined $10 ...
21 Jun, 2013
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For SCOTUS Rulings on Gay Marriage, It Isn't Always Black and White
Credit: Wikimedia CommonsThe United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Defense of Marriage Act (Windsor v. United States) and California's Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry) in the n ...
20 Jun, 2013
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